El Salvador, once hailed as the global trailblazer for national Bitcoin adoption, is quietly shifting gears. After making ...

El Salvador hasn't purchased bitcoin (BTC-USD) since February 2025, despite repeated claims from President Nayib Bukele's ...

They weathered police raids on their homes, watched their friends being thrown into jail and jumped between safe houses so ...

Despite claiming to be accumulating Bitcoin, a recent IMF report has just confirmed that El Salvador hasn’t bought any new ...

Sovereign Bitcoin reserves may become a long-term strategy for nations as El Salvador’s gains show multi-year value, Decrypt ...

A new report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) suggests that El Salvador's recent increase in Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BT ...

El Salvador asked the IMF for a $1.3-billion loan to help cover those bills, but a deal looks unlikely given the nation’s refusal to drop bitcoin or make other financial adjustments.

As El Salvador officially adopted Bitcoin as legal tender on Tuesday -- making it the first country to do so -- it also rolled out Chivo, its own state-sponsored Bitcoin wallet.

Why El Salvador is adopting Bitcoin . El Salvador’s interest in adopting bitcoin as legal tender has other powerful economic rationales. In 2001, after a long period of instability, El Salvador ...

El Salvador became the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender, but the rollout stumbled. President Nayib Bukele acted as de facto tech support.

El Salvador’s law means bitcoin will have equal footing with the dollar, which became its official currency 20 years ago. Making bitcoin “legal tender” means shops and businesses must accept ...

El Salvador became the first country in the world to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender, kicking off a big and bold experiment for the popular cryptocurrency.